Famous Citizens:

Hiram L. Fong
Hiram L. Fong, the first Chinese-American senator, was born in 1906 Honolulu. He was the seventh of eleven children of poor, illiterate immigrants from China. Fong graduated from the University of Hawaii and Harvard Law School, founded a law firm, served 14 years as an elected representative of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature, and represented the state of Hawaii as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 1977.

 

 

George Parson Lathrop
George Lathrop, journalist and poet, was born in Honolulu. Lathrop married Rose Hawthorne, daughter of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, in 1871. He served as assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly from 1875-1877 and founded the American Copyright League in 1883.

 

 

Queen Lydia Liliuokalani
The last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands was born in Honolulu. She ascended the throne in 1891 when her brother, King Kalakaua died but was dethroned in 1893 when a provisional government was established. She formally renounced her royal claims to the Islands in 1895.

 

 

Ellison Onizuka
Ellison Onizuka was born in 1946 in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii. He was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1978, and flew as a mission specialist on the first Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission in 1985. He died in 1986, while serving on the crew of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger.

 

 

Merlin Tuttle
Merlin Tuttle was born in 1941 in Honolulu. He is an ecologist, an award-winning wildlife photographer, and leading conservationist. In 1982 he founded Bat Conservation International to promote a positive image of bats and encourage their preservation.